Oh not so, not so, if you would have them back all you have to do is recreate some of it, even at 60 we were making a Dodo group and brought to it absurd thoughts and ideas, walked up the mountains like wild people and spun unbelievable tales as we went. Much laughter over wine and a good feast in the evenings, even mentioning those adventures we had when young and reliving them in our chatter.

Walking in the Dolomites along Via Ferrata/Klettersteigen/difficult paths with a carabine and ropes at 60 yrs too, no one has to stop, unless they have to.
I worked in a kindergarten when I was 57 yrs-67 yrs(when I retired) and we climbed trees, made swords usually to use to grill our sausages on! We made up adventures and hid ourselves all very seriously just like children all of us. The answer is never to grow up, at least never become self conscious of taking part in mad schemes that those who follow the norm dislike, the conservative, those who feel they ought to set an example to their children and end up being boring and conservative.

I liked you poem by the way!!!
Nordic cloud.

I was wondering...
at this age

why we wonder about age
at this stage

all is a mental comprehension,
years is a mere number
old guys perform better
than many a younger
well maybe at times...
in all and many spheres
including meter and rhyme

I told my niece it was a secret, and she kept the secret for 20 years.
I looked at the old Astrakhan coated ladies with mechanical legs
and listened to their banal banter and decided, at the age of
7, never to become 'grown up' and be like them.
I run as I did when I was 7 and don't out on sophisticated airs.
Ask Joe!

ann